Prices Soybeans and coproducts futures prices closed out this week with lower prices: November Soybeans: -50.25 cents to end at 1404/bushel December Soymeal: -$19.40 to end at 402.30/ST December Soyoil: -2.27 cents to end at 65.70/pound
Quality The week started with USDA’s Crop Progress report categorizing 58 percent of the soybean crop in the Good/Excellent categories, down one percent from a week earlier but one percent higher than a year ago. Blooming is back on track and nearly complete with budding slightly behind average.
Exports Sales USDA’s weekly Export Sales report reflected net sales gains for old crop soybeans versus the cancellations of the recent few weeks. China revealed itself as the buyer of 80,800 M...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
